Sentences with phrase «forestry operations»

Permission to burn forest biomass for power as a renewable was granted in 2013 by the NSW LNP in the Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Amendment (Native Forest Biomaterial) Regulation 2013 whereby «material resulting from forestry operations carried out on land to which an Integrated Forestry Operations Approval (IFOA) applies under Part 5B of the Forestry Act 2012» was made eligible for subsidy when burnt.

Most of the wood for future bioenergy production will likely come from existing forestry operations unless economically competitive technologies for the production of second - generation biofuels become available.

In 1997, Ontario issued a sustainable forest license allowing Abitibi - Consolidated Inc. (now Resolute Forest Products) to conduct forestry operations in parts of the Whiskey Jack Forest, which is within the Keewatin Lands.

It is the world's largest certification program for tea and bananas and also certifies over 100 other agricultural commodities, and the largest non-profit certifier of forestry operations under the FSC standard.

If we subtracted also the losses about which nothing is done, we would find that the costs of many of our unsustainable forestry operations are nearly as great as the benefits!

Some experts fear the small profits that other ejidos are likely to earn may not be enough to persuade community members to invest in more sophisticated forestry operations.

Berry, Guanghui Lin, Kevin Griffin, Bruno Marini, Barry Osmond, and others began afflicting the little world with simulated droughts and a high - CO2 atmosphere and measuring what happened in its rain forest and farm, now planted with rows of cottonwood and poplar trees to simulate a commercial forestry operation — a natural carbon sink.

Mesoamerica clients celebrating 15 + years include several of our Ejidos, community managed forestry operations, in Mexico:

With a long commitment to certified forestry operations, it was not a difficult or complicated decision to also opt for Rainforest Alliance certification for the agricultural operations, becoming the first South American company with a «double Rainforest Alliance seal» last July.

Her parents were tree - planters, hired by logging companies to repopulate the large swaths of land left naked by clear cutting forestry operations...

The turtles aren't quite out of the woods yet (that's a strange image...), because even if they are in areas protected from development, they can still be vulnerable to other threats such as stray logs from nearby forestry operations that drift and clutter beaches, blocking the way for turtles and keeping them from landing, or from going back to sea.

Where agricultural crops are favoured over trees, the contribution of forestry may be confined to efficiency gains in current uses and increasing the use of wood residues from existing forestry operations.

In 2005, the Grassy Narrows First Nation commenced an action to set aside approvals Ontario had granted to Abitibi - Consolidated Inc. to carry out forestry operations in the Keewatin lands governed by Treaty 3.

4.2 The amount of energy that can be generated from the residues of forestry operations is considerable.

Underhill points out that some REITs have other business lines, such as developing performance fibres for plastics, so pay attention to the percentage of revenues that comes from the forestry operation; the more exposure the better.

In addition to classrooms and laboratories, CATIE has a 1,480 - acre (600 - hectare) farm producing coffee, sugarcane, beef and milk, and a forestry operation.

We are building on our current technical assistance and training platforms to engage broader networks of farms, forestry operations and tourism businesses in each test region.

For information on how to become certified or how to source products from certified farms or forestry operations, visit our business website.

With newly installed water control structures in the drainage ditches, they are able to control the rate and timing of wetland flooding to facilitate the forestry operations necessary for restoration — truly turning the historical human impact into conservation opportunity.

Wood residues provide the greatest immediate opportunity for energy generation given their availability, relatively low - value and the proximity of production to existing forestry operations.

Given that the value of wood for fuel has been low in comparison with other end uses, the future supply of wood for bioenergy production is likely to come from existing forestry operations.

[5] In 2000, Grassy Narrows applied for judicial review to set aside all licences, permits, management plans, and work schedules that Ontario had granted to Abitibi, alleging that the forestry operations were in violation of the Treaty 3 harvesting clause.